20.500.12556/RUL-156369 COVID-19 and social distancing a cross-cultural study of interpersonal distance preferences and touch behaviors before and during the pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of unprecedented safety measures, one of them being physical distancing recommendations. Here, we assessed whether the pandemic has led to long-term effects on two important physical distancing aspects, namely interpersonal distance preferences and interpersonal touch behaviors. We analyzed nearly 14,000 individual cases from two large, cross-cultural surveys – the first conducted 2 years prior to the pandemic and the second during a relatively stable period of a decreased infection rate in May-June 2021. Preferred interpersonal distances increased by 54% globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase was observable across all types of relationships, all countries, and was more pronounced in individuals with higher self-reported vulnerability to diseases. Unexpectedly, participants reported a higher incidence of interpersonal touch behaviors during than before the pandemic. We discuss our results in the context of prosocial and self-protection motivations that potentially promote different social behaviors. nonverbal communication interpersonal distance preferences interpersonal touch behaviour COVID-19 pandemic cross-cultural psychology COVID-19 physical distancing coronavirus neverbalna komunikacija preference glede medosebne razdalje medosebni dotiki pandemija kovid COVID-19 fizična distanca medkulturna psihologija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2024-05-22 14:25:30 2024-05-22 14:25:35 2024-05-23 03:49:20 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 41-69 iss. 1 Vol. 58 Feb. 2024 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2024-02-01 159.922.4:616-036.22 1069-3971 10.1177/10693971231174935 173478403 Avsec_COVID-19_and_social_distancing_recenzirani_rokopis.pdf Avsec_COVID-19_and_social_distancing_recenzirani_rokopis.pdf 1 34FB7FC7B271E199B99D70DC8CB6CFD0 890c3eada022e1222e34308d3de74402aa18848361d5b9d78ac6c9780bb60405 b71bdeb9-1838-11ef-b91f-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=183797 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10693971231174935 Celotno besedilo dostopno za Univerzo v Ljubljani, NUK in CTK 1 6489e45f-1836-11ef-b91f-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=183796 Filozofska fakulteta Zdravstvena fakulteta 0 0 0